GGR Communications offers complete Category 5, Category 5E and Fibre optic LAN cabling solutions. In addition our Cabling engineers are able to install data centre cables.

Category 5 / Cat5

Cat5 is a 4 pair (8 wire) twisted pair copper cable. Cat5 568A class D cable is capable of running up to 100Mbps, and comes in shielded (FTP / STP) or unshielded (UTP) cable, with UTP being the most commonly used cable.

Category 5E

Cat5E is also a 4 pair (8 wire) Twisted pair copper cable. However by  manufacturing the cable  to a higher quality, with more refined twisting of the copper pairs, Cat5E is capable of running to data rates of 155Mbps. All of GGR Communications current installations of structured cabling are to certified to Cat5E. Due to the higher specification of Cat5E, testing from end to end is a vital part of ensuring the quality and integrity of the installation. Cat5E is particularly sensitive to bad installation practice. For this reason each GGR Communications Cat5E installation is  tested and certified.

Cat5E structured cabling for your modern building needs.

Cat5E cabling is a very versatile and cost effective cabling system which can be used (with adapters where appropriate) for the following different services

		Voice (analogue & digital)
		Ethernet
		Fast Ethernet
		Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) @ 25Mbps or 155Mbps
		Asynchronous RS-232 Data (E.g. terminals/modems)
		IBM Twin-Ax
		Basic Rate ISDN (2B+D)
		Primary Rate ISDN (30B + D)
		V.11 Synchronous Communications
		Telex
		Centronics Printer (Via line drivers)
		Remote keyboard/monitor/mouse (via line drivers)

This means you cut down installation costs, by having one type of building cabling rather than many different sorts for different applications.

Fibre Optical

Fibre Optical cabling offers many advantages over copper cabling. It offers greater distance, higher bandwidth allowing it to carry more data further distances. In addition Fibre optical cable is often used for security reasons. Fibre cable is very difficult to tap into compared with copper cable that radiates a copy of the signal passed through it. For this reason Fibre optical cable is used frequently in military installations. 

Within the LAN world Fibre is used to provide high bandwidth links. It may be used to run Ethernet, Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet links at much longer distances that that permitted by Cat5 copper cabling. For example Fibre optical cabling would be used to connect around a large building area or between buildings.

Cable Termination Service

GGR Communications offers cable termination services for both copper and Fibre cables. This is used by third parties who do have the facilities to install building cable but do not want to get involved with the termination of the cabling. GGR Communications can provide our engineers to terminate at both the patch panel and the wall outlet. In addition they will provide the testing and upon successful testing certify the installation.

GGR Communications installation engineers are trained to a very high skill level, in the latest installation guidelines and new technologies

GGR Offers

		Cat5 / Cat5E cabling
		UTP and STP cabling
		Fibre optical cabling
		Telephone system cabling Integration
		Integration of voice, data and legacy systems
		Advice on cabling requirements
		Health check on existing cabling installations
		100mHz testing on new or existing cabling
		Cable Termination Services

Talk to GGR about your cabling needs to find the best solution for your company.